Monday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures down slightly ahead of busy day of corporate earnings

[Reuters] Asian stocks set for soft start, dollar mostly steady

[Reuters] Stimulus jitters dent Wall Street's early gains; Nasdaq hits record

[Reuters] Dollar firm as jittery markets look to Fed for catalysts

[Reuters] Biden says he is open to negotiating the proposed $1,400 COVID stimulus checks

[CNBC] Covid live updates: NY to ease some restrictions after post-holiday spike; California lifts stay-at-home

[CNBC] Minnesota confirms first known U.S. case of more contagious Covid variant originally found in Brazil

[CNN] Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will resign amid pandemic and political turmoil

[CNBC] Mania in stocks like GameStop, surging options activity suggest a market pullback is coming

[Reuters] GameStop shares soar on short squeeze, then ease in wild trade session

[CNBC] Covid live updates: NY to ease some restrictions after post-holiday spike; California lifts stay-at-home

[MSN/Bloomberg] U.S. Suffers Sharpest Rise in Poverty Rate in More Than 50 Years

[NYT] Senate Confirms Yellen as Treasury Secretary as Stimulus Talks Loom

[Bloomberg] Citadel, Point72 Back Melvin With $2.75 Billion After Losses